These are the felt ornaments that I posted a few days ago, seen from the backside before they were trimmed and painted. I've often thought about doing a self-portrait like this, stitched on felt, and viewed from the reverse with all the messy stitching showing. I love the line quality of the untrimmed threads - they make a compelling drawing. This could be an interesting and effective way of showing what is behind the painted finished surface of our public face - of revealing what is covered by the mask we wear...
6 comments:
What mask! Time does it--time turns our faces around with all sorts of great lines and rolls of skin.
I love these, from both sides.
sue:
yup! the old face is evolving into quite the map!!
thanks, bill! nice to hear from you again! how are the self-portraits coming?
I love these, Martha! You're right, they make very expressive drawings.
hi don:
thanks! yes - imagine a whole canvas like this. it would be wild!
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